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Hi, is it not possible to boot from Windows DVD using an external USB DVD drive?

Yes you can, but why should you? Windows 10 got 3 new Builds since it’s release, if you install from a older DVD you do 2 Updates to go to the latest version. If you use a USB Stick you do not need to burn a DVD and you don’t need a ancient USB DVD Drive.

Hi, is it not possible to boot from Windows DVD using an external USB DVD drive?

Yes you can, but why should you? Windows 10 got 3 new Builds since it’s release, if you install from a older DVD you do 2 Updates to go to the latest version. If you use a USB Stick you do not need to burn a DVD and you don’t need a ancient USB DVD Drive.

Hi, I am going to use an unused Windows 10 Pro OEM Disc w/ COA license key which I have spare, that’s why.

I replaced the original Chinese language Win10 on the SATA SSD on my Notebook Air 12.5 with Ubuntu Linux 16.10 with no issues and also installed an English language copy of Win10 from a USB onto a 128GB PCIE SSD (Toshiba ) that I put into the empty M2 slot.

The Win10 on the PCIE SSD runs OK, but it boots _very_ slowly (taking several minutes to start up) and also occasionally fails to shut down completely (the screen blanks but the power light stays on). The Ubuntu on the STA SSD boots instantaneously and shuts down happily too.

The BIOS is set to UEFI and the first boot disk is the Ubuntu SATA installation. Win10 boots off an entry in the Linux grub bootloader menu. The delay is at the start of the Win10 bootloader splash where the dots are circling. The Win10 installation is fully updated and thinks it has all the correct chipset drivers etc.

Has anyone else seen similar (slowww….. Win10 boot) behaviour off the PCIE slot?

you have installed 961 PCIe NVMe in the original ssd slot or in the second empty slot ?

On the 12.5″ Core M3 version it has to gone in the second spare slot the NVMe’s. The main slot is Sata3, the spare PCIe / NVMe.

Chris | Admin
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you have installed 961 PCIe NVMe in the original ssd slot or in the second empty slot ?

On the 12.5″ Core M3 version it has to gone in the second spare slot the NVMe’s. The main slot is Sata3, the spare PCIe / NVMe.

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I install mydigitalssd BPX 480 in second slot then clean intall with Windows 10 Home Single Language. It slow boot and shutdown, when shutdown Windows go to blank screen but LED at power button still light up for 30-50 second.

Hi, just received mi Air 12 yesterday. I wanted to keep the original SSD in place and use the secondary SSD (a Samsung 960 EVO) as boot drive.

I followed the tutorial (1 post) but when rebooting there was an error and the usb drive was necessary to boot correctly. I tried to change to Legacy mode, reinstall etc.. but nothing worked. By the way the secured boot is not activable anymore..

So, what I did to solve the issue is to remove the “original” SSD and keep only the NMVE in the device. I re-installed Windows 10 with the same UEFI usb boot stick (Without having activated Windows 10 with the original key.) and it worked flawessly.

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